Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Year of Review Hotel du Nord (French) (Imperial Sedif) C 1940-41 Objection: Offensive situations and references; the picture's preoccupation with and attitude toward suicide. Hotel Haywire (Paramount) A-I 1936-37 Hotel Imperial (Paramount) A-II 1938-39 Hotel Reserve (RKO) A-I 1945-46 Hotel Sahara (British) (United Artists) B 1950-51 Objection: Suggestive situations and dialogue. Houdini (Paramount) A-I 1952-53 Hound of the Baskervilles (UA) A-II 1958-59 Hound of the Baskervilles, The (20th Century-Fox) A-II 1938-39 Hour Before the Dawn, The (Paramount) B 1943.44 Objection: The revengeful murder committed by the main character is approvingly presented and contributes to the plot solution. Hour of 13, The (MGM) A-II 1951-52 House Across the Bay, The (United Artists) B 1939-40 Objection: Suicide in plot solution. House Across the Street (Warners) A-II 1948-49 Houseboat (Para.) A-II 1958-59 House by the River (Republic) A-II 1949-50 House of a Thousand Candles (Republic) A-I 1936-37 House of Bamboo (20th Century-Fox) A-II 1954-55 House of Dracula (Universal) B 1945-46 Objection: Excessive gruesomeness. House of Errors (Producers Releasing Corp.) A-I 1941-42 House of Fear, The (Universal) A-II 1938-39 House of Fear (Universal) A-I 1944-45 House of Frankenstein (Universal) B 1944-45 Objection: Excessive gruesomeness. The immorality of a sympathetic character's entertaining the intention to murder is not indicated. The killing, however, subsequently occurs under circumstances of self-defense. House of Horrors (Universal) A-II 1945-46 House of Numbers (MGM) B 1956-57 Objection: Suggestive costuming; tends to arou?e disrespect for lawful authority. House of Secrets (Chesterfield) A-I 1936-37 House of Strangers (20th Century-Fox) A-II 1948-49 House of the Seven Gables, The (Universal) A-I 1939-40 House of Wax (Warners) A-II 1952-53 House on 92nd Street, The (20th Century-Fox) A-I 1944-45 House on Haunted HiU (AA) A-II 1958-59 House on Telegraph Hill (20th Century-Fox) B 1950-51 Objection: Tends to condone immoral actions. House on the Waterfront (Fr.) (Union) B 1958-59 Objection: The classification of this film has been changed from C (Condemned) to B (Morally Objectionable in Part for All). The reason for the objection is as follows: Suggestive costuming and sequences. The substantial revisions made in this picture are deemed sufficient to warrant a change in classification which is applicable only to prints shown in Continental U. S. A. 104